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Newsletter - September 11, 2016
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While I get to try out more backpacking gear than most people, I have a highly refined list of gear favorites that I bring on my personal hiking, backpacking, camping, fly fishing, and winter trips. It’s the kind of stuff I’ve been using for years and will likely replace when it wears out.
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Klymit has introduced a ultralight variant to its Static V line of sleeping pads, co-designed and sold exclusively by MassDrop, called the Insulated Static V Ultra Light. With an R-value of 4.4, it’s an excellent pad to use for sleeping on cold ground in spring and autumn.
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Running over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail travels across heavily forested and mountainous terrain, with widely varying temperatures, both hot and cold. Frequent rain, ferocious insect life, and hiker competition for good camping spaces are all important factors to consider when selecting a tent or shelter to hike the trail.
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Called the father of modern backpacking, Colin's Fletcher was the first man to hike across the Grand Canyon. Author of the bestselling Complete Walker IV, he's credited with teaching an entire generation how to backpack using modern gear and know how.
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The lightweight Outdoor Research VersaLiner gloves combine waterproof, breathable shell gloves with removable fleece liner gloves providing maximum flexibility for shoulder season hiking weather.
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You’d be surprised at how inexpensive it is to fix or modify your hiking and backpacking gear using just a few commercial products and scrounging the other parts you need from old gear.
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Grafton Notch is a magnificent mountain pass in Southwestern Maine, a short drive from Gorham, NH, the last major trail town that Appalachian Trail thru-hikers visit before leaving New Hampshire.
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Philip Werner quit his corporate job in 2010 to become a full time hiker and outdoor writer. Since then he's hiked a couple of thousand miles and had stories published by Backpacker Magazine and Stackpole Books. SectionHiker.com is ranked by USA Today and Trip Advisor as one of the top 10 outdoor adventure blogs on the Internet. Follow Philip on Facebook.
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